In this article the author was relating teenage obesity to some of the dangerous activities that teens may be experimenting with. The authors theory was that since sometimes teenagers who are obese may be socially isolated‚ they may do things to try to fit in with the crowd. Also being socially isolated may cause stress. Some of these things may include experimenting with drugs and alcohol. One of these drugs might be cigarettes which can become very dangerous to an obese person because of the health
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society in very useful ways. In most cases‚ these people are viewed as being courageous. This kind of a reaction is typical but not always honest. There are a lot of people are uncomfortable around those that are considered “less than normal”. In her article The Abortion Debate No One Wants to Have‚ Patricia Bauer writes about Down’s syndrome and abortion. Bauer is a former reporter and bureau chief for the Washington Post. Bauer writes about some of those in our society who have an indifferent
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Brandon Mulkey Prof. Taherzadeh English 1302 23 September‚ 2014 In the article‚ “Literacy Practices‚” the authors‚ David Barton‚ and Mary Hamilton analyze literacy on not just a level of reading‚ and writing but how it is implemented‚ used‚ and affected by our daily lives. The authors see literacy as more of a social practice than just an ability that is gained. Barton and Hamilton use several propositions as a framework to build their argument. According to the authors literacy is best understood
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The article “Why Are We Doing This?”: Clinician Helplessness in the Face of Suffering‚ in the Journal of Palliative Medicine explores the topic of the unintentional reaction of helplessness by the clinician to a patient’s negative diagnosis or outcome. The article suggests that this feeling of helplessness is a key component of burnout and compassion fatigue. The authors propose a five-step approach to the internal processing of patient helplessness and that may result in an increase in patient
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The articles I read cover the effects of race and economic areas on marriage rates and marriage decline. In the first article‚ Ecological Areas and Marriage Rates‚ author James Bossard discusses how the economic prosperity of areas in a city has an influence on marriage rates. In his 1928 study‚ Bossard conducted research on 20‚000 married men throughout different parts of Philadelphia‚ which was the US’s 3rd largest city at the time. Data was collected from the Philadelphia Marriage License Bureau
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The role of mitosis relates directly to the development of Kaposi Sarcoma. In order for cancer cells to begin to form‚ they must have something go wrong inside of the cell or something that makes things work incorrectly. In the article “Do we know what causes Kaposi Sarcoma?” on cancer.org‚ it states “In KS‚ the cells that line blood and lymphatic vessels (called endothelial cells) are infected with KSHV. The virus brings genes into the cells that can cause the cells to divide too much and to live
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In the article‚ The Collaborative Classroom: New Technology Brings New Paradigm‚ Clapp and Swenson describe the culture of a collaborative classroom. In this type of class‚ teachers and students work together and the role of being in control by the teacher is eliminated. Instead‚ teachers guide students to work together and build teamwork. “Open Leadership” promotes empowerment of the students. Students work in teams or small groups to collaborate on work. They share information through digital
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In this article‚ the basis of the argument is that surveillance is inevitable. This is due to the fact that there are so many various ways that people are found and tracked in the world today. There are cameras in stores and restaurants‚ there is tracking on phones via GPS‚ there is looking up people on the internet and much more. Kelly states‚ “The internet is a tracking machine”. This speaks levels as to what is actually available and is actually happening on the internet. Kelly also uses the psychological
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stated in the article‚ the Koyukon construct insulated clothing using fur of their prey. Additionally‚ items like caribou skins can be used as bed sheets. Furthermore‚ the Koyukon people use animals to enhance their knowledge of the environment. For example‚ the author states that seal surfacing in open leads can forecast the weather. The Koyukon‚ in a way‚ use seal habits to substitute modern weather instruments. The Koyukon people also use animals in an ideological sense. The article states that
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Michael L. Moon Human Diversity Dr. Mancz September 5‚ 2014 Article Summaries In Modesitt’s “Mindsets”‚ the author told stories of different situations‚ in which individuals will have an opinion or “mindset” made up on different matters‚ but would not look at the other side reasoning. The author states the mindset is “an established set of attitudes held by an individual” which often cause problems because the person starts to develop a “long – established or firmly held mindset make it impossible
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